Action to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions and mitigate climate change has long been viewed as fundamentally opposed to economic growth. Indeed,...
Regarded as one of the fastest growing segments of the global financial industry by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Islamic...
Former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson once said that a week is a very long time in politics. If that...
The world has a nutrition problem. Though great strides have been made toward the Millennium Development Goal of halving the...
It seems to be a law in the technology industry that leading companies eventually lose their positions – often quickly...
It is the season of political posters. Public buildings are being defaced with posters. Both ugly and good-looking politicians are...
One of the serious challenges the Nigerian economy has faced over the years is creating and exploiting linkages in the...
The United Nations Security Council’s membership will be reconstituted in 2015, but it will not look very different from its...
The story goes like this: Since 1979 – the peak of the last business cycle before the inauguration of Ronald...
The eurozone is facing a bleak economic outlook, with growth remaining stagnant and the threat of deflation looming large. The...
These are interesting times for most economies around the world and Nigeria in particular. With interest rate normalisation imminent in...
Japan is the petri dish for the struggle against the secular stagnation that is now gripping most major developed economies....
Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, a prominent Islamic cleric, last week called on President Goodluck Jonathan to shelve his plans for a...
It is a sad story that Nigerians have continued to live through an era where too often, short-term gains were...
Hong Kong’s democracy movement has gained admiration worldwide. The principles, decency, and behavior of its youthful vanguard inspire confidence in...